Late at night in Dingbei City, Su Ce had just left the camp with a thousand troops. What they did today was to surround a courtyard in Dingbei City and not let anyone go.
Externally, this is an inn for caravans traveling to and from Dingbeicheng to rest. Now that Dingbeicheng is under military attack, there are no caravans coming here to stay.
The second prince is wearing a suit of gold and blue armor. The armor plates treated with the blue process are not painted, making this set of armor appear blue after the meditation process. The armor plates are much smaller than those of Daqian standard armor. , better protection.
In order to arm millions of soldiers across the country, Daqian unified the shapes of armor and weapons during the reign of Qian Taizu.
This is to enable large-scale production of armor and weapons.
The armor of Daqian is made of iron armor, consisting of pockets, neck guards, shoulder guards, chest armor, corsets, belly guards, buckle belts, arm guards, crotch-less robes, wide-mouthed trousers, greaves, and black Composed of leather boots and other parts.
More than 2,000 pieces of fish scale armor and long armor were needed. The craftsmen in charge not only had to make each piece of armor, but also needed to tie it up with silk ropes. The time and energy spent were staggering, so they worked hard. The armor rate was only 20% in the year of the founding of the country. After five generations of emperors, it has now reached 60%.
In the seventh year of Longsheng, Da Qian reached the standard of 60% of the army required by Taizu Qian for the first time.
Civilians are not allowed to possess unregistered armor.
After general soldiers join the army, the Zhechong Mansion will be issued two sets of armor, one set of leather armor and one set of iron armor. The leather armor is usually new, but the iron armor is refurbished.
Only soldiers with rank six of Ce Xun can choose to register and take their armor home when they retire from the army, as an honor to fight for the country.
The shape of the armor in the Daqian Army is uniform. Only the pockets are inlaid with various metals to distinguish the grades. For example, Su Ce's current pockets are inlaid with three silver moire patterns, which represents that Su Ce is a fourth-grade general. .
Ordinary soldiers have no decorations on their pockets, but after becoming a leader, a moiré-patterned copper plate will be affixed to them.
Of course, if you have plenty of money, the rest of the armor can have more gorgeous patterns and better materials, and it will not violate the rules as long as it follows the shape.
The armies of the Daqian Dynasty are distinguished by the paint color of the armor plates and the color of the clothes. As for the differences between the guards of an army, they are distinguished by the different cloth patterns of the same color under the armor.
Of course, there are no restrictions for those above the rank of captain.
Just like the second prince's armor, which was blued but not painted, it was estimated that more than three thousand pieces of armor were needed, and Su Ce looked at it with envy.
For a general, armor, weapons, and horses are all indispensable.
Although Su Ce's armor may be made of iron, and its protection is not much weaker than the second prince's gold armor, everyone has a love for beauty.
But Su Ce was just coveting it, and he wouldn't wear it if he was asked to wear it. As a general who charges forward in the army, such armor would not only boost morale, but would only become a target.
He still liked the black armor he wore. Lu Benjun wore indigo silver armor, indigo clothes, and iron armor coated with silver powder, which was very dazzling.
However, after Su Ce coveted the second prince's armor for a while, he still didn't forget what he should do. He began to give orders to the five captains.
"The first battalion, the first, second, fourth and fifth regiments are divided into four directions to trap the enemy. The first battalion and the third regiment have the best shooting skills. Follow me in later to capture the enemy. Remember not to be soft-hearted. You can use bows and crossbows. At that time, no one could fight me in close combat, and there were only about a hundred people. The main thing was to catch them and not let them escape. The long gunners of the third regiment remembered to bring ten rifles."
Before setting off, Su Ce gave the five captains repeated instructions.
The enemy they faced this time was not the Rui people or the Jiu Hu people, but they were more hateful than the Jiu Hu people and the Rui people.
Jiuhu and Dagan were feuding, but the Russians went back on their word. As soon as the mission left Dagan, they sent troops to attack, and now they have reached outside Dingbei City.
But the enemies that Su Ce led a thousand brigades of Ben troops to deal with tonight were considered Dagan people, because they had the same blood as Su Ce but they did not have Dagan people in their hearts.
Daqian wanted to restore the former territory of the Dafeng Dynasty, and was destined to fight with neighboring countries.
The former Da Qi Dynasty had the same strategy, so the Yuan Dynasty, which had just founded the country, established an organization - Mole Cricket.
These mole crickets are composed of the royal family of Dafeng, just like the habits of mole crickets. Newly hatched nymphs are swarming and are afraid of light, wind, and water. They swarm together for a period of time after hatching, and then spread out and cause harm.
These crickets wearing the faces of Da Gan people instigated Qi to Xian Emperor and the country, which caused Da Qi, which had reached its peak of national power, to fall apart in the civil war and was eventually taken advantage of by Yuan Dynasty. If not for Qian Taizu and the reformed Qi Xian Emperor, Xi defeated the two main forces of Dayuan, and the two men turned the tide. Now the Central Region is likely to be ruled by Dayuan.
However, although Dayuan did not defeat Daqi, because he imitated Daqi's official position, he did not regroup his army and make a comeback after the defeat. Instead, he blamed each other and tried to make other tribal leaders lose their official positions so that they could annex them.
The main force was still there, but no one listened to anyone else. In the end, it collapsed before Da Qi. In order to prevent further chaos in the country, Emperor Xian of Qi resolutely chose the Zen position, and Zhao Zhen, the ancestor of Qian, went north to seize the annihilated people. The territory of the feudal state.
Now Daqi has become Daqian, but the crickets are still there. Taizu Taizu of the Yuan Dynasty promised to restore them to the country after occupying the central region, but the soldiers led by Taizu Qian shattered the wishful thinking of the crickets.
It took Da Qi hundreds of years to eliminate these mole crickets. Even Emperor Ming of Qi was willing to give them a piece of land in the Western Regions and let them restore the country. However, the mole crickets believed that the Yin family had stolen the country and refused to compromise. After that, Yin passed to Zhao. Even when the country was founded, these people did not stop.
Although the Zheng family has disappeared, and the Crown Princess has been demoted, what Crown Prince Zhao Zaicheng wants is to restore the Crown Princess to her position as the main concubine, and the Crown Prince's eldest son is the daughter of the Crown Princess.
The Zheng family was greedy for grain and wine. However, after the Zheng family ransacked the house, they could not find the huge sum of money from selling wine. At that time, the ministers in the palace caught the mole cricket by the tail. The six ministers were ostensibly helping the second prince, but in fact they were working with the second prince. Let’s investigate the mole crickets together.
Later, there were Jiuhu people who assassinated the prince. These Jiuhu people were discovered as soon as they crossed the Wuding River.
On the way, the second prince and Su Ce talked about these things. When he heard the news, Su Ce was shocked. No wonder no one was talking in the car at that time. I am afraid that the prince was not in the car during the assassination. They sent each other off. I'm afraid it was an empty carriage, but the carriage was driven right under Su Ce's nose. How the prince escaped was a question that puzzled Su Ce.
"Second prince, how did the prince escape? I was always beside the carriage and never left!"
Su Ce's heart was like a cat scratching his head. Su Ce had always felt that he was higher than this world and that all problems he encountered could be solved with the knowledge from his previous life, so he looked down on the world.
"A cart full of fruit stuffed wine!" The second prince still didn't intend to let go of the stuffed stuffed fruit stuffed in Su Ce Village.
"Okay! Please clarify my doubts!" Isn't it just to order wine? No matter how expensive Baiguo Brewing is in Chang'an City, you don't care who makes the wine.
The second prince turned sideways and whispered in Su Ce's ear: "Su Wei, why did the prince's car drive into Honglu Temple? Why did someone move the documents to block the road?"
To wake up the dreamer, Su Ce remembered that when the car drove out of Honglu Temple again, the prince's car stopped for a while because the clerk was moving the documents. This seemed like a trivial matter at the time, and Su Ce had almost forgotten it.
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Su Ce recalled it and took a breath. I'm afraid the prince escaped at that moment, and was driven out by the cavalry.
The cavalrymen were sitting on their horses and could not see what was happening on the ground. The attention of the surrounding people was attracted by the officials of Honglu Temple who were scolding them loudly.
Moreover, Su Ce later took over the left guard and guarded the prince. He knew that the prince was chasing him, but there was a secret door that could only be opened from the inside. Plus the dirt road at the entrance of Honglu Temple, Su Ce finally understood.
The prince was afraid that he might have gotten out of the secret door of the car at that time, and then opened the board on the ground to hide inside.
Later, when I returned to the East Palace, someone from the palace took over the prince's carriage and drove him away. No one except the prince and the planners knew that the prince had disappeared for a while.
"The planner is so awesome!" Su Ce sighed with emotion.
The second prince smiled, pointed at himself, and said with a smile: "Don't praise! Don't praise!"